The week in Houston rock

There are a lot of great shows in town this week. The Starlite Desperation, a great garage rock act, will open for The Donnas and The Von Bondies. Norwegian musician Sondre Lerche will be here, and local musician Chris Sacco will open the show. Earlimart will be in town as well. The Hightailers will play at Last Concert this week, and Liviya Compean will have a CD release show. Local punk rockers Gun Crazy (get their album here) will also play this week. Fondue Monks, a long-time Houston staple, will play in the Heights at Dan Electro’s. Southern Backtones will play an in-store show at Cactus Music & Video at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Also, Metallica will play on Tuesday night, but you can read my thoughts on them here.

Here are some of the other shows in the Houston area this week. If I missed your band, please let me know about upcoming shows.